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It is the larger of the two British military bases on the island, and it is also the location of Alexander Barracks, which is home to the 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. [1] In Autumn 2017, the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment deployed to Dhekelia replacing 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. [2]
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia: Eastern Sovereign Base Area: 1960: Headquarters of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area, a resident infantry battalion, an engineer squadron, and various logistic units, as well as UK-based civilians and dependents. [122] Nightingale Barracks: British Forces Cyprus: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and ...
Map of Akrotiri, Western Sovereign Base Area, BFPO 57 Map of Dhekelia, Eastern Sovereign Base Area, BFPOs 58 & 59. Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km 2 (98 sq mi) (split 123 km 2 (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km (30 ...
Ayios Nikolaos Station (also spelled Agios Nikolaos; Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος, lit."Saint Nicholas") is a British military station and part of the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus.
Bourlon Barracks Catterick Garrison: England North Yorkshire Headquarters North [56] [57] Headquarters, 4th Light Brigade Combat Team [58] Headquarters, Catterick Garrison The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland [59] 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Corps [59] Cambrai Barracks Catterick Garrison: England ...
The regiment's 2nd Battalion were based in Shackleton Barracks, Northern Ireland, the last resident battalion deployed in this role under Operation Banner. After two years at Alexander Barracks in Dhekelia in Cyprus, they moved to Woolwich Garrison, London, to take up a public duties role in August 2010, a role they performed for three years.
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
Episkopi Cantonment (Greek: Φρουρά Επισκοπής, Turkish: Episkopi Kantonu) is the capital of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British overseas territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a military base. It is located in the northwestern part of the Western Sovereign Base Area (Akrotiri), one of the two areas which comprise the ...